(end musing)
Last night while I was walking with a friend, I realized the actual difference between high school and college. Sure, there are a bunch of innate differences with the people and stuff you do, etc, but there is one fundamental one-
In high school, the goofy prevail. Everyone looks and acts silly, they dress silly, they do things to be funny, they make jokes in class and the teacher laughs too, they're loud in public, they do things that are stupid, everything they do is silly.
In an immediate backlash to this, college students are serious. All they intend on doing is proving that they're serious, standing up for their views, misconstruing other people's words so they can get offended (like telling me I'm racist because I make fun of hipsters), and acting like adults. When they want to get silly, they get drunk.
Look at your college friends facebook pictures. Look how they dress now, and look at how they dressed in high school. Now, people look like they have to prove something. Then, they would dress slutty, emo, like a jock, but it was always goofy. Look at what they do now and what they did then. Now, they may get wild, but they always do it with a red cup in hand. Then? Look at the crazy, goofy, sober things everyone did just four years ago. Often, I feel as if I'd rather be friends with the person in the old pictures.
Is it a sign of the times? Is it what it means to grow up, to suppress the ability to have fun (and the ability to be interesting)? Sure you can say that we're more mature now, but when I meet someone who other people think is mature (or who calls me immature) usually, they're just an asshole.
In conclusion, Columbia Students, stop taking yourselves so goddamn seriously.
